Psych 101 Exam 1 (Chapters 1-3)
Psychology (Ans- the scientific study of the mind and behavior
mind (Ans- our private inner experience of perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings
behavior (Ans- observable actions of human beings and nonhuman animals
H.M.(Ans- he lost his memory after having brain surgery on his hippocampus
Plato (Ans- established nativism
nativism (Ans- the view that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn
Aristotle (Ans- he believed in tabula rasa and philosophical empiricism
tabula rasa (Ans- blank slate - born with no prior dispositions to anything
philosophical empiricism (Ans- the view that all knowledge is acquired through experience
Franz Joseph Gall (Ans- he focused on phrenology
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Phrenology (Ans- specific mental abilities and characteristics are localized in specific regions of the brain
Paul Broca (Ans- patient that allowed for the discovery of "Broca's area" - issues with language production
Broca's area (Ans- damage to this location causes impairments in language production, but not comprehension
Hermann von Helmholtz (Ans- he studied physiology, stimulus, and reaction time - the farther away from the brain a stimulus came in contact with you, the longer it took for you to realize it
Physiology (Ans- the study of biological processes, especially in the human body
Stimulus (Ans- sensory input from the environment
reaction time (Ans- the amount of time taken to respond to a specific stimulus
Wilhelm Wundt (Ans- he founded the first psychological laboratory
consciousness (Ans- a person's subjective experience of the world and the mind
Structuralism (Ans- the analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind
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